Born in 1866

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• 1866–1915Gopal Krishna GokhaleIndian political leader and social reformerMay 9
• 1866–1924Ferruccio BusoniItalian composer, pianist, and conductorApril 1
• 1866–1953Maud GonneEnglish-born Irish revolutionary and suffragetteDecember 21
• 1866–1934Mykhailo HrushevskyUkrainian historian and politicianSeptember 29
• 1866–1933James J. CorbettAmerican boxerSeptember 1
• 1866–1899Antonio LunaFilipino generalOctober 29
• 1866–1938Lev ShestovRussian existentialist philosopherFebruary 12
• 1866–1953Princess Irene of Hesse and by RhinePrincess Henry of PrussiaJuly 11
• 1866–1955Matthew HensonAmerican explorerAugust 8
• 1866–1949Harry DavenportAmerican actorJanuary 19
• 1866–1936Charles NicolleFrench bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in MedicineSeptember 21
• 1866–1934Roger FryEnglish painter and criticDecember 14
• 1866–1954Jacinto BenaventeSpanish dramatistAugust 12
• 1866–1919Alfred WernerSwiss chemistDecember 12
• 1866–1932Reginald FessendenCanadian-American electrical engineer and inventorOctober 6
• 1866–1931Nathan SöderblomSwedish bishopJanuary 15
• 1866–1912Voltairine de CleyreAmerican anarchist writer and feministNovember 17
• 1866–1930Jeppe AakjærDanish poetSeptember 10
• 1866–1944Kenesaw Mountain LandisAmerican judge and first commissioner of baseballNovember 20
• 1866–1911Mahboob Ali KhanNizam of Hyderabad from 1869 to 1911August 17
• 1866–1927Enrique SimonetSpanish painterFebruary 2
• 1866–1941Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonBritish politician and colonial governorSeptember 12
• 1866–1945Giovanni AgnelliItalian businessmanAugust 13
• 1866–1950Kazys GriniusLithuanian politicianDecember 17
• 1866–1954Cornelia SorabjiIndian barrister, writer, and social reformerNovember 15
• 1866–1949Vyacheslav IvanovRussian poet and playwrightFebruary 28
• 1866–1941Fred KarnoBritish comedianMarch 26
• 1866–1950Francesco CileaItalian composerJuly 23
• 1866–1900Vasily KalinnikovRussian composerJanuary 13
• 1866–1959Abraham FlexnerAmerican educatorNovember 13
• 1866–1930Herbert Henry DowAmerican chemical industrialistFebruary 26
• 1866–1929António José de AlmeidaPresident of PortugalJuly 27
• 1866–1927Ernest StarlingBritish physiologistApril 17
• 1866–1952Antonia MauryAmerican astronomerMarch 21
• 1866–1924Henry BaconAmerican architectNovember 28
• 1866–1947Tristan BernardFrench playwrightSeptember 7
• 1866–1933Andrey LyapchevBulgarian politicianNovember 30
• 1866–1942Wlodimir LedóchowskiSuperior General of the Society of Jesus from 1915 to 1942October 7
• 1866–1957Gilbert MurrayAnglo-Australian scholarJanuary 2
• 1866–1926Carlos SchwabeSwiss painter and printmakerJuly 21
• 1866–1920Jaan PoskaEstonian politicianJanuary 24
• 1866–1926Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of AostaDuchess of AostaNovember 20
• 1866–1961Margaret Sibella BrownCanadian amateur bryologistMarch 2
• 1866–1940Billy HamiltonAmerican baseball playerFebruary 16
• 1866–1900Sigbjørn ObstfelderNorwegian writer and poetNovember 21
• 1866–1939Swami AbhedanandaIndian Hindu mysticOctober 2
• 1866–1963Domhnall Ua BuachallaIrish politicianFebruary 5
• 1866–1941Herbert Austin, 1st Baron AustinEnglish engineer and car manufacturerNovember 8
• 1866–1952Miina SillanpääFinnish politicianJune 4
• 1866–1946Carl Gustav WittGerman astronomerOctober 29
• 1866–1949Harry BurleighAmerican opera singerDecember 2
• 1866–1962Charles-Jean de La Vallée PoussinBelgian mathematicianAugust 14
• 1866–1945Italo SantelliItalian fencerAugust 15
• 1866–1950Eloísa DíazChilean physicianJune 25
• 1866–1950Oscar TschirkyAmerican hotel managerSeptember 28
• 1866–1944John Beresford, 5th Baron DeciesAnglo-Irish army officerDecember 5
• 1866–1938Albertson Van Zo PostAmerican fencerJuly 28
• 1866–1936John RinglingAmerican entrepreneurMay 31
• 1866–1929La GoulueFrench can-can dancerJuly 12
• 1866–1947Frederick BlackmanBritish plant physiologistJuly 25